ATTACKS AND RESPONSES

If Republican politicians think oil companies need more subsidies, why don't they volunteer to pay more at the pump? If they want bigger bonuses for Wall Street CEOs, why don't they write them a check?

This is about a rigged tax code that President Obama is trying to change. This is about everyone playing by the same rules, including the President.

The difference between Obama and the politicians and special interest groups attacking him is that they're trying to make our rigged tax system even worse. Obama's been saying all along that rich Americans like him should be paying higher taxes because it's the right thing to do for our country.

Republicans can't make up their mind about how to smear the Buffett Rule. They're attacking it for raising taxes on millionaires -- but also for not raising their taxes enough. That's like complaining the food is terrible and they didn't bring you seconds!

The incomes of the richest 1% have nearly quadrupled in just one generation, leaving middle-class incomes far behind. At the same time, the average tax rate paid by the richest of the richest few -- the wealthiest 0.1% -- is at nearly the lowest rate in over 50 years.

Poll after poll shows that most Americans support the Buffett Rule proposal to enact a minimum effective tax rate for millionaires, including most Independents.